Neural Development
what is neural development?
starts at head and ends at toes
starts in and works out
examples:
- infants can lift their head before rolling over
- they can crawl before they walk
what is conscious content ?
the experience of your internal and external world or your state of conscious (not always under your control)
what is Inhibition?
while you're focusing on one thing your brain is constantly processing other information
example; while we listened to Apollo talk about magic we had missed that he changed his outfit.
What is the psychological and description of sleep ?
sleep is a behavior and consciousness
the brain is always active even when sleeping
slow sleep wave problems
maladaptive behaviors can occur during this
examples;
bedwetting, sleep walking , and night terrors.
what is longitudinal design ?
when it's the same subjects but different ages.
example; you're measuring billy at ages 2,3,6, 8.
what kind of attention is there ?
what is selective attention?
there is passive attention(bottom up) and active attention(top down)
examples:
-stimulus salience meaning the things that attract our attention
- goals or expectations
attend one thing and ignore others
what are subliminal messages?
messages that might get in
examples;
- advertising, quitting smoking, weight loss.
they incorporate the placebo affect.
what is REM sleep ?
what does REM do?
rapid eye movement and it happens around 90 minutes into the sleep cycle. we become paralyzed
brain development
what is fatal familial insomnia ?
deficits in attention and memory
dreamlike confused state
what is cross sectional?
different subjects of different ages but at the same time.
example; Billy, Nate, and Joshua ages 12, 17, 19 are being tested at the same time.
what is dichotic listening ?
what are some variations of this?
when 2 messages are played and you're told to listen to one message while you ignore the other.
some variations would be that you did notice of you didn't notice what was going on.
what is the spotlight attention?
the area where you are paying attention
it's the metaphor for visual attention
what are functions of slow wave sleep
essential to survival , all mammals do this.
what is learning and what is it for?
a permanent change in behavior due to experience.
it's used to learn what to notice and what to ignore.
what is the habituation technique ?
it's used on bored babies
example;
- babies like new things, so they use rewards such as teaching babies to kick the ball back once it's given back
what Is the cocktail party affect ?
what is divided attention ?
when you have the ability to focus on only one conversation while there are many other conversations ( except when you hear your name)
when you are basically multitasking between conversations.
what is attention disorders and what is an example?
it's visual neglect and an example would be ADHD
describe what the three stages of sleep ?
stage 1: it's the transition between wake and sleep
stage 2: sleep spindles which are bursts of brain activity and k complexes which is a wave form
stage 3 & 4: high amplitudes of delta waves the difference between 3 & 4 would be 3 has 20-50 % of delta activity while 4 has more than 50% (nightmares occur stg 4)
what is habituation and sensitization ?
habituation is the decline in the tendency to reply to an event and sensitization is the increased responsiveness and sensitivity to an event but that has been repeated.
what is the preference technique ?
designed to see how long a baby looks
Cars and Cellphones
attention blindness
example, when you're trying to focus on multiple things that you end up on not seeing something that a person would usually see when not on the phone or car.
While we listened to Apollo talk about magic we had missed that he changed his outfit.
what is this called?
Inhibition
what is sleep deprivation ?
when you lack of sleep
Randy Gardner hold the world record ( messed with his head)
what is classical conditioning?
it's the procedure and it involves learning relationships between events that occur outside of ones control.